I love when scammers call or write to me. I wish they’d do it more often; it feels kind of like Christmas. I finally got the faux Windows support call just now. I got a *little* bit more detail from the unsuspecting scammer (and his manager) which I’ll happily share. [Keep reading]
The promise to local police departments is simple: Buy our software, and we will help you prevent crime before it happens. How? Through a social media “listening lens.” Called “SnapTrends,” the web-based service sifts through every Facebook status, Tweet, Instagram photo, YouTube video and other social media post within a [Keep reading]
Just how big is the Home Depot credit card heist? We still don’t know. Brian Krebs is reading tea leaves that suggest it is huge, impacting all Home Depot retail stores, the company is asking for patience. I just received a fresh statement from the firm which says it has [Keep reading]
Apple has artfully crafted a press release exonerating itself from blame for this weekend’s celebrity nude photo hack, and tsking the Internet. But it has a glaring omission that I hope doesn’t fool too many people. “We have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack [Keep reading]
Home Depot Inc. is investigating “unusual activity” and working with banking partners and law enforcement, the firm told me Tuesday. The confirmation comes after Security researcher Brian Krebs reported a credit card hacker attack on the firm. According to a post on Krebs’ website, the theft is similar to the massive hack [Keep reading]
You might recall that a few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about speculation that the Russian government might retaliate against Western sanctions by unleashing professional hackers on U.S. and European targets. Today comes news that JPMorgan and several other banks were attacked, and some are speculating a political motive. [Keep reading]
Expect plenty more bad news like today’s Dairy Queen credit card hack story. As they say, there’s plenty more where that came from. There’s something a little different about this latest spat of credit card hacks, however, and you should know about it. Brian Krebs told the world last night [Keep reading]
The horrific death of journalist James Foley, amplified by his murderers’ ability to spread their act of terror via Internet video, touched off an immediate and familiar debate: Should governments and corporations ever restrict access to images of horror? Firms like Twitter made their choice immediately and did all they [Keep reading]
It’s been a bad few days for consumers’ data. One of the nation’s largest hospital operators, Community Health Systems Inc., said Monday that hackers from China stole personal information belonging to 4.5 million patients. While the data was pilfered between April and June of this year from Community Health System [Keep reading]
Buy food at a grocery store? You’ve probably been hacked. In the latest in a never-ending chain of credit card hacks, Albertson’s grocery stores announced Friday that its payment processor had been victim of a massive cybercrime. Impacted brands include Albertson’s, ACME Markets, Jewel-Osco, and Shaw’s and Star Markets. The hack [Keep reading]
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